Krys Baker (Vocals/Piano/Guitar/Flute/Clarinet/Sax/Trumpet/ Accordion/Harmonica/Bowed Psaltry/Hand Percussion)
A classically trained musician, Krys began singing and
playing clarinet at the age of six and then added various other traditional
instruments to her repertoire, including piano. She is currently the main
composer for the group. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from
Duquesne University,Pittsburgh, where she focused in voice and saxophone.
Presently, she teaches music at a local elementary school.
Lea Cox (Viola/Vocals/Hand Percussion)
Lea has been playing the viola for fourteen years, though her life's focus is currently on a degree in Engineering and Aerospace. She has been involved in the Yakima Youth Symphony Orchestra and Wenatchee Valley Symphony in Washington State, and has also given a few unorganised and disjointed supplementary private lessons so that others might learn to follow her bad example.
Kevin Cofod (Acoustic Guitar/Vocals)
Kevin Cofod has been playing the guitar since he was 8 years old. He has performed in a variety of bands and solo venues playing everything from jazz to bluegrass. He handles the guitar duties in The Baker Boys band at present. He is a retired paramedic from Prince George's County Fire Department trying to decide what he wants to be when he grows up! Currently he lives with his wife of 23 years- Colleen, his 2 children Chapin & Crosby, and the family pet, a bulldog named Max.
Greg DiCristofaro (Trombone/Flute/Hand Percussion)
Greg picked up the trombone when he was 10 and has been playing in bands since 12. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Pennsylvania State University where he focused on trombone and picked up skills in various instruments and jazz. He now teaches band at a local middle school.
Kathryn DiCristofaro (Trumpet/Sound)
Biography forthcoming.
Nathan Earley (Trombone)
Nathan Earley is a graduate of Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, Virginia, earning Bachelor of Music and Master of
the Arts in Teaching degrees. He has studied trombone under Dayl Burnett,
Bob Ford and Donna Parkes. Currently, he teaches general music, band, and
strings at an Elementary School in Lexington Park.
Tina Fratantuono (Vocals)
Tina has a wide variety of musical, dance, and theatre
experience. A performer since the
age of four, Tina was involved with the Baltimore Actor’s Theatre and was a
featured performer on a National Telethon by the time she was fourteen. After High school, Tina performed in
Europe before heading to New York to attend The American Musical Dramatic Academy.
Tina has performed for many
charity events including the Calvert Artist’s Showcase and the televised Cerebral
Palsy Telethon. Her first
appearance with NTP was Side by Side by Sondheim.
Dickie Hammett (Drums/Vocals)
Biography forthcoming.
Valerie Ramirez (Electric Bass)
Biography forthcoming.
Michael Snider (Mandolin/Mandola/Nose Flute/Vocals)
Poet and mandolinist Michael Snider writes poetry in traditional forms and has spent much of the last four years playing music he's never heard with musicians he's never met. He's very glad to have a home with Baker's Boys.